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MicroStation Reviews & Product Details

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What do you like best about MicroStation?

Ease of use and amazing customer support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

There is a problem that the lines drawn in the latest v8 version, but in this version, cannot be opened in the previous versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MicroStation solving and how is that benefiting you?

Good at what it does, with quick processing speed, Micro Station is headed in the right direction. Scripting allows for batch-jobs which is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MicroStation Overview

What is MicroStation?

MicroStation is the only computer-aided design (CAD) software purpose-built for infrastructure design, helping architects and engineers like you bring their vision to life, present their designs to their clients, and deliver their projects to the community. Providing you power, flexibility, and best-in-class tools, without requiring add-ons, MicroStation makes it easy to work the way you want, leaving you time to do what you do best. With MicroStation, minimize risks, accelerate automation, and win more work. With MicroStation, you can: - Design, document, and visualize your infrastructure models and deliverables in 2D and 3D - Openly collaborate with all stakeholders - Deliver your designs on time and on budget, even as project complexities and scale increase

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Product Description

MicroStation is a modeling environment explicitly for the architecture, engineering, construction, and operation of all infrastructure types including utility systems, roads and rail, bridges, buildings, communications networks, water and wastewater networks, process plants, mining, and more. MicroStation can be used either as a software application or as a technology platform.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

MicroStation is unique from other CAD applications in offering the following advantages to its users:

- Interoperability: Work with native DGN and incorporate legacy data and file formats like DWG, and point-cloud data without conversions.
- Reliability: Work collaboratively on any size project without size restrictions, crashes, or complications, knowing your system will always be on.
- Visualization: Analyze and perform data visualizations on models based on their geometry or underlying attributes.
- Standards: We’re an industry standard which means your documentation is always standards compliant.
- Real Data: Design with accurate real-world context, automatically, with geospatial information from hundreds of systems.


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Year Founded
1984
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Exton, PA
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@BentleySystems
17,760 Twitter followers
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5,107 employees on LinkedIn®
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NASDAQ: BSY
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Bentley Systems provides architects, engineers, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure.


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Ankush A.
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Ankush A.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Bentley MicroStation - the pioneered pltform for ACE world."
Drawing-friendly rendering and modeling tools in 2/3D enhance optimized design workflows. Also, clear collaboration and elevated project visibility...
SudhaRSHAN R.
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SudhaRSHAN R.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Proficient software for drafting and cabling network laydown."
Very useful for creating layouts for complex drawings which are difficult to trace and create in other drafting software.
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4.5 out of 5
"MicroStation = go-to tool"
MicroStation is good at what it does and it has quick processing speed. I can easily sketch out plans for contractors to be able to see what they h...
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MicroStation Media

MicroStation Demo - Produce lifelike renderings and animations
Turn your models into polished professional presentations to win stakeholder buy-in and speed approvals on your design projects.
MicroStation Demo - Robust parametric constraints and comprehensive 3D modeling
You can ensure your design intent while speeding modeling with extremely powerful and flexible constraints and a range of solid, mesh, surface, and topological modeling tools
MicroStation Demo - Integrate reality meshes, raster, point cloud and 3D drawings and 3D models together
MicroStation's native support for an unmatched range of file formats and data types means you can leverage any data you have to speed drafting and modeling and decision-making
MicroStation Demo - Streamline documentation production with integrated 2D/3D
Produce better documentation, faster, with fully integrated 2D and 3D workflows, creating a single integrated model that allows you to view drawings and other model information directly immersed within the 3D model
MicroStation Demo - Precisely snap geospatial data into place automatically
Supporting hundreds of coordinate systems and dozens of geospatial data types, users can reliably integrate existing data quickly and confidently.
MicroStation Demo - Incorporate common data types and formats
Take advantage of built-in support for 100+ common formats and data types for 2D and 3D raster and vector geometry and associated BIM information, including trusted RealDWG
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Ankush A.
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What do you like best about MicroStation?

Drawing-friendly rendering and modeling tools in 2/3D enhance optimized design workflows. Also, clear collaboration and elevated project visibility help distinguish the product platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

DGN legacy challenges interoperability, especially in the DWG base form. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MicroStation solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was an internal tech writer for the "Building" domain products suite for users. As routine tasks of writing help documentation, I worked on Buillding domain applications, rather, I had to use the platform features prominant in MicroStation. Over to the base features, such as floor builder, for example, the building-specific floor design made the product intelligence helping to energy calculations and allied computing including material planning even indicating them in cut views. The intern structure made significant using the specialty feature named extracted views inherited from MS. Every building feature of drawings was tapped through the MicroStation features to bring domain-specific attributes to the BuildingDesigner application. This helped me to work on a sample drawing and case study and examples to be documented Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ankit K.
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What do you like best about MicroStation?

I loved that it is easy to use, as a beginner and a frequent user I find it too useful and easy to implement. It is compatiable with most of the file formats which help to integrate with different other design tools. It is a highly productive tool and thats why I believe it offers good value for money. It is a reliable and versatile design software that can handle wide variety of tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

A few set of feature are hard to understand as a beginner but I contacted customer support which was super useful and got my queries resolved in less than a day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MicroStation solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am a full time Masters of Science Student and I always have to design different structures for my Thesis. I always find this tool useful and use this regularly for my studies and project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Civil Engineering
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What do you like best about MicroStation?

Microstation gives you more control and options for some civil work than other CAD platforms. Plus, the interface with Microstation resembles that of ArcGIS online and Microsoft office products, which is really helpful when learning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

If you learn Microstation after learning another CAD program (Eg, AutoCAD, Civil3D, etc.), there are some challenges that are present. However, I've heard that if it's the other way around (you learn Microstation THEN another platform), you have an advantage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MicroStation solving and how is that benefiting you?

Microstation is still being used by a lot of state agencies, particularly in New York. Getting to know Microstation more is helping our company expand on the types of projects we're able to bid on. Microstation also is designed with a surveyor in mind, rather than having to know AutoCAD, Civil3D, Carlson, this plugin, that add-on, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about MicroStation?

MicroStation is good at what it does and it has quick processing speed. I can easily sketch out plans for contractors to be able to see what they have to build. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

Microstation don't really do a good job with documentation and manuals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MicroStation solving and how is that benefiting you?

A 3D model helps me build accurate representation of my ideas, which benefits both the designer and the client. The client can see what the project will look like when it is built. By letting the clients view my 3D model from every possible angle, I can speed up the review processes and reduce the risk of misunderstanding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Research
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What do you like best about MicroStation?

As a grad student who’s been using MicroStation for 6 months, what I love most is how easy it makes 3D modeling and working with different file types. For instance, I had to design a gyroid model for our 3D printing project. MicroStation let me create super detailed 3D models even at a very small scale. Plus, even though my teammates were using different CAD software, we had no problems because MicroStation supports tons of file formats like DWG and DXF. Also, I became an instant fan of the visualization tools that helped me make realistic renderings of the atoms, material constituents and test samples, which were awesome for showing at my poster presentation. Also, being able to customize the interface and automate tasks with simple scripts saved me a ton of time and hassle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

As a student I have a university alloted laptop for my academic work and the software can be quite resources-intensive, which sometimes slows down my computer, especially with bigger rendering models. It was sometimes hard to find specific tools quickly compared to other CAD software I've used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MicroStation solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps us design and render CAD models of our test samples and material constituents, which allows us to better present our project to our sponsors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alexis T.
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What do you like best about MicroStation?

I like it because it is very intuitive, the familiarization with the software is quick and that helps a lot when starting a project, the first contact is very user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

The customization of some tools is usually somewhat difficult to achieve, and at the same time, the commands tend to be somewhat complicated or difficult to understand. As an extra, I think the software can be expensive for an individual user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MicroStation solving and how is that benefiting you?

By using the software in a self-taught manner, I think that rather than presenting a problem, I took it as a benefit. The intuitive interface helps a lot to quickly learn functions and tools, which sped up my work productivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Industrial Automation
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What do you like best about MicroStation?

Its moreStrong and adaptable, MicroStation is an excellent CAD program for managing intricate design and modeling jobs. Its excellent 3D capabilities, interoperability, and customization possibilities make it a significant tool for professionals working in the architecture and engineering sectors. Potential users should think about the costs involved and be ready for a challenging learning curve. Despite these difficulties, MicroStation is a powerful tool that may greatly improve design workflows and project outcomes for those that put in the effort to learn it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

Working with large file cause system to slow down Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MicroStation solving and how is that benefiting you?

The ability of MicroStation to easily interact with a variety of other software platforms, including as AutoCAD, Revit, and numerous GIS applications, is one of its most notable characteristics. Smoother processes and a lower chance of data loss or corruption during file transfers are made possible by this compatibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Malith D.
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Electrical Designer
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What do you like best about MicroStation?

Compared to AutoCAD, the most helpful features of MicroStation are its ability to handle external references and its advanced AccuSnap functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

Microstation lacks a similar object selection feature like the one found in AutoCAD Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MicroStation solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am using MicroStation to create roadway lighting layout plans by referencing all other disciplines such as landscape, civil, and utilities. I also create street lighting detail sheets and specifications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jeniffer E.
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Senior Architect
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What do you like best about MicroStation?

Effective on creating various Architectural and other Construction projects 3D models and drawing management and the Engineering data management and collaboration using MicroStation is amazing and editing tools are perfect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

Never had any issues with the product and with experience on other drawing tools is easy to use MicroStation and easy implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MicroStation solving and how is that benefiting you?

Very functional drawings production, easy presentation generation and the 3D designing and drawings sharing the tool is excellent and productive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carl Frédéric L.
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What do you like best about MicroStation?

I recommend Microstation, an interesting software for engineers and architects. it facilitates 3d and 2d designs to facilitate the realization of infrastructure projects while minimizing risks and optimizing construction costs! it's easy to use, and efficient! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MicroStation?

I hope one day, we'll have the opportunity to dimension engineering structures on it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MicroStation solving and how is that benefiting you?

it makes my work optimal and easy to do Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.